Request for Tenders for the provision of a legislation authoring, amending and publishing software solution

Houses of the Oireachtas Service

The Office of the Attorney General (“AGO”) and the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (“Commission”), acting jointly (and referred to in this document as the “Contracting Authorities”), invite expressions of interest (“Responses”) to this pre-qualification questionnaire (“PQQ”) from economic operators (“Candidates”) for the provision of a legislation authoring, amending and publishing software solution, as described in Appendix 1 to this PQQ (the “Solution”). The Contracting Authorities are seeking Responses to this PQQ to shortlist Candidates to tender for the Solution. The Office of Parliamentary Counsel to the Government (“OPC”) is a constituent part of the AGO. It is responsible for the drafting of primary and secondary legislation for the Government of Ireland (including amendments made by the Government to primary legislation in the process of enactment in the Irish Parliament – the Houses of the Oireachtas). The Commission is responsible for the running of the Houses of the Oireachtas (or Irish Parliament, comprising Dáil Éireann, Seanad Éireann and Oireachtas Committees), and acts as governing body of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service (“the Service”) (further information is available at http://www.oireachtas.ie).

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-04-15. The procurement was published on 2024-03-11.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2024-03-11 Contract notice
Contract notice (2024-03-11)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Request for Tenders for the provision of a legislation authoring, amending and publishing software solution
Short description:
The Office of the Attorney General (“AGO”) and the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (“Commission”), acting jointly (and referred to in this document as the “Contracting Authorities”), invite expressions of interest (“Responses”) to this pre-qualification questionnaire (“PQQ”) from economic operators (“Candidates”) for the provision of a legislation authoring, amending and publishing software solution, as described in Appendix 1 to this PQQ (the “Solution”). The Contracting Authorities are seeking Responses to this PQQ to shortlist Candidates to tender for the Solution. The Office of Parliamentary Counsel to the Government (“OPC”) is a constituent part of the AGO. It is responsible for the drafting of primary and secondary legislation for the Government of Ireland (including amendments made by the Government to primary legislation in the process of enactment in the Irish Parliament – the Houses of the Oireachtas). The Commission is responsible for the running of the Houses of the Oireachtas (or Irish Parliament, comprising Dáil Éireann, Seanad Éireann and Oireachtas Committees), and acts as governing body of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service (“the Service”) (further information is available at http://www.oireachtas.ie).
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 15 000 000 EUR 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services:
+ 2 more
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 3
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-04-15 12:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6 months
Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations ✅
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Electronic invoicing: Allowed

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds
Description of exclusion grounds: Please refer to the tender documents, in particular Appendix 4 of the PQQ

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Houses of the Oireachtas Service
National registration number: 4000091O
Postal address: Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Postal code: D02 XR20
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: procurement.unit@oireachtas.ie 📧
Phone: +35316183636 📞
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.oireachtas.ie/ 🌏
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=3227997 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=3227997 🌏
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure ✅
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 051-149125 (2024-03-11)
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